Curtain-fixture



f j "1ST-AresPATENT OFFICE.

. IVIENRYLESTER GREENQOF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

t' CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

` r t '.SrscrrIcAT-IoN-rormng part ef letters Patent Ne.. co4,8s1, dated Mey 31, 1789s.

' Application nea 'my 0,1897. serin'lietisssa on maar.)

' To .r1/ZZ .whom v)may eoncerm' I j Be it-known that'l, HENRY-LESTER GREEN,

`acitizenvof thev 'United' States,residing at orcester,.in the county of Worcester and State "of iMassachusetts,"have invented a new'` and usefullmprovement in (iurtaimFiXtures,

of which thefollowing is a specification.

' My inventionrelate'sto an improyedcurt'ainfixture; and theobject of myl invention is to provide a strong, Simple, and inexpensive `iixture or .bracket the f parts ofv which vmay be'stainped" from `sheet metal and which "may be adjustedv to support curtain-rollers 'of diiferent kinds. and may be used in connectionfwith metallic or woodenk ,curtainepol'em l as desired.-

A further :object of my invention is ad'- Vju'stably support my improved `curtain-firttu-re,so thatthe same may be securedin place i 1 parts and combinations of parts as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out withoutvmarrin'gor :defacing the front surface of a window-casing.` f f To these ends my invention consists of the in, the claims "at the endl of e this specification.v In the 4accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is erably securedona lwindow-casing. Fig. 2

is a perspective View illustrating the parts I employl in making up a, curtain-fixture acycording vto myinvention; andFi 3 is a side view',r partiallyin section,illustrat ng the manner inlwhich a detachable supporting-hook is locked in place. 7

t' A curtain-'fixture:constructed accordingto my: inventionv `comprises"a'base-plepe, ayokepiece forlsupporting ,a curtain-rod, and an anglepiece or bracket `for supporting one journal of aishade-rolle'r, the said parts bee ingfdetachablg;7 secured together for convenf icnce insfhipping and so'that various 'styles of yoke-pieces 'orfbrackets can be used in con-y nectonlwith a .single base-piece. f

.;To secure acurtain-zrture constructed ac-l cording -to myinvention to a window-casing,

( e I` preferablyprovide a supporting strip or rod,

secured o'nthetopof the window-casing, kand provide thebase-pieceof'- 'the curtain-iixture. with-aA socket for, ^'adj ustably engaging said t Supporting-strip.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, A

ldesignates a section ofk an ordinary windowcasing. A wooden supporting strip or rod 10 is provided near its ends with wire coils 1l `pf`Jrting-strip 10 and with lan upwardly-eze tending handle or lug for ladjusting-said base-piece longitudinally upon its supportingvstrip. V""The 'base-piece' lis provided with in'- tegral lugs or projections 1G, which form sockets for-'receiving a yoke-piece 17. Secured to the yoke-piece 17 byvmeans of a strap'21 isa socket-piece 20. The socketpiece 20 is adapt ed to receive one end `of a metallic curtainrod-B, as shown by the dotted linesin Fig. 2, and is preferably provided with an inwardlyextending tongue or projection 25, which will either forma stop for the metallic curtainrod B or will act as a locking projection for Securing avdetachable hook-piece'22in place, as hereinafter described.A

The angle-piece or bracket 18 .for supporting one of the journals of a'shade-roller is detachably secured nea-r the center of tl1e.bas`e' piece 13 by means of the small metalv fasteners 19. f

When a curtain-fixture constructed according to my invention is to be used in connection with .the larger sizes of Wooden or metal-y lic curtain-poles, Iprovide the samewith a hook-piece 22 lfor supportingthe curtain-rods. The hook-piece 22 is provided at its upper end with va partial coil 24, which is notched or cut away, as at 23,130 coperate with the lock-ingtongue 25, before referred to. As shown most clearly in Fig.- 3, when the hook-piece 22 is in its normal position its notch 23 will engagev the locking-tongue 25 in the socket-piece 20.

rvBy turning the hook-piece 22 to the position indicated in dotted lines the Lnotch 23 will be moved out of engagement with the lockingtongue 2 5, so that the hook 22 may then be moved laterally'out of engagement with the socket-piece 20. Y By lstamping up the parts which constitute my improved curtain-fixture out of sheet for strengthening the same and holding said -l OO metal I have provided a construction which I have found in practice can be very readily and cheaply produced, and by detachably securing the dierent parts together I have pro-v vided a construction which can be packed in small compass and in which various forms of yoke and angle pieces can be used in connection with a single base-piece. I am aware that changes may be made in curtain-fixtures by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the form which I have shwn and described; but What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a wooden supporting-strip secured on top of a windowcasing, and having strengthening-wires 11 for holding the same ashort distance up therefrom, and a curtain-fixture having a metallic base-piece 13 with a socket 14 at its upper end adapted to engage the supporting-strip 10, whereby the curtain-xture may be adjustably supported without defacing the front of the Window-casing, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain-iixture, the combination of a metallic base-piece13 having sockets, a

yoke-piece 17 engaging said sockets, and an an gie-piece 18 detachably secured to the base.

plate 13 by the metallic 'fasteners 19, substantially as described.

3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of a support or yoke having a socket 20 adapted to receive a metallic curtain-rod, a hook 22 having a coil 24 adapted to engage the socket 20, one of said parts being provided with a locking-tongue adapted to engage a notch in the other piece to detachably secure said parts together, substantially as described.

4. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of the base-piece 13, the angle-piece 18 detachably secured thereto by the metallic fasteners 19,3, yoke-piece 17 engaging sockets in the base-piece formed by integral tongues or projectionsl, a socket-piece 20 adapted to receive one end of a metallic curtain-rod, and a detachable hook 22 having a coil 24 at'its upper end with a notch 23 formed therein in position to engage an integral locking-tongue 25 extending from the socket-piece 20 todetachably secure said 'parts together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Iin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

H. LESTER GREEN.

Vitnesses:

LoUIs W. SOUTHGATE, PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE. 

